Hippolita

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Hippolita is the pious, long-suffering wife of Prince Manfred in Horace Walpole’s Gothic novel "The Castle of Otranto," embodying virtue, obedience, and self-sacrifice amid the story’s supernatural and political turmoil.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf female character
fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Castle of Otranto
appearsInGenre Gothic fiction
Gothic novel
associatedWith political turmoil in The Castle of Otranto
supernatural events in The Castle of Otranto
characterTrait long-suffering
obedient
pious
self-sacrificing
virtuous
contrastsWith Manfred, King of Sicily
surface form: Prince Manfred
createdBy Horace Walpole
embodiesTheme obedience
self-sacrifice
virtue
familyRole mother
wife
firstAppearance The Castle of Otranto
hasRoleInWork supporting character
literaryMovement early Gothic literature
literaryPeriod 18th-century literature
narrativeFunction moral exemplar
victim of patriarchal authority
nationalityInFiction Italian
publicationContext The Castle of Otranto
surface form: The Castle of Otranto (1764 novel)
relatedWork The Castle of Otranto
surface form: The Castle of Otranto, or The Castle of Otranto: A Gothic Story
settingOfActivity Otranto
spouseOf Manfred, King of Sicily
surface form: Prince Manfred

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Conrad hasMother Hippolita
Matilda isDaughterOf Hippolita
Isabella seeksHelpFrom Hippolita